Steam latest survey: 32GB system memory will become mainstream specifications for PC game players

Steam conducts a questionnaire every month to find out the computer hardware and software that players use. Data display from the August period shows that the 32GB system memory will become the most common hardware configuration for Steam players in just a few months, and it is likely to happen before the end of 2025.

The discussion on the limitation of the new california due to insufficient VRAM capacity may be a little bit expensive, because modern cards do not have pluggable chips for users to expand on their own. However, most modern computers, especially desktops and computers with larger computers, allow users to improve their system memory through compatible DIMMs or similar methods.

From the Steam survey data, the proportion of users with 16GB system memory has dropped from 43.12% to 41.67% in the past six months. At the same time, the proportion of users of 32GB system memory increased from 32.85% to 35.42%.

The power that drives system memory proportions to change should be the requirements for users who buy new machines to choose higher hardware configurations, the decline in DDR5 memory prices, and the requirements for hardware configuration of 3A game masterpieces.

In addition, it is interesting to observe the card trend. The continued growth of the previous generation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 this month may surprise some players.

Foreign media Tom’s Hardware assumes several possibilities, such as manufacturers in some markets have a large number of RTX 4060 stocks sold at discounted prices, or there are also a large number of whole-machine systems equipped with RTX 4060 on the market that are promoting.

In fact, looking for card products on the e-commerce website Newegg. It is not cost-effective to buy an RTX 4060 for a desktop. There are only 2 models in stock, and the prices are $399 and $499 respectively. On Newegg, it’s easy to buy an RTX 5060 for less than $300, like a branded card from Huasi or Gigabyte.

32GB of RAM on track to become the new majority for games — Steam survey indicates shift could occur before the end of the year